Azathoth123 comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 03 September 2014 02:31:53AM 6 points [-]

His point is that the upside is bounded much more than the downside.

Comment author: Caue 03 September 2014 03:03:13AM 8 points [-]

Yes, but my point is that this is also true for, say, leaving the house to have fun.

Comment author: Capla 06 September 2014 08:40:57PM 3 points [-]

This is not always true (as Taleb himself points out in The Black Swan): in investing the worst that can happen is you loss all of your principle, the best that can happen is unbounded.